But that’s how the content creators get paid, at least partly.
Why would you not want them paid?
Why would you not want them paid?
Car dealerships and salespeople often offer similar objections to his business as well as customers who want a good deal.
They’ll say things like “we’re losing money on this car” or “a business needs to make a profit.”
And his objection to that is always the same: the customer doesn’t care about that, and it’s not their problem. If your business model delivers something that people see value in, you’re more likely to be able to make a profit. Customers obviously don’t see much value in the car dealerships.
I certainly don’t want my favorite YouTubers to go broke, but their business model is not my problem. The fact is that I refuse to watch ads. I don’t see value in watching an ad. In some cases I’m willing to pay for that privilege, like how I can get sponsor-free viewing from many YouTube channels on Nebula.
But, sorry, if I’m allowed to skip forward in a video to skip an ad, I’m going to do it. And if I’m not allowed to skip around in a video platform to the part of the video I want to watch, I’m probably not going to be using that video platform.
The reality is that most YouTube sponsors already know that a certain percentage of viewers will skip their sponsor segment, even manually without a tool like this, or using YouTube Premium’s included Skip Ahead feature, just like a TV advertiser knows that a certain percentage of viewers will change the channel during ads, mute the TV, or go to the bathroom during an ad segment.
I have a friend who refuses to buy premium versions of popular streaming services like Disney+ and actually prefers to have the advertising. They even said “my kids will see ads” almost like they want their kids to experience the childhood they did. It’s a bit of a strange philosophy to me but I kind of see where they’re coming from: advertisements are something of a cultural experience, like how you can play back a super soaker advertisement for me and I’ll get some intense nostalgic feelings.
It will be your problem, however small, if they can’t make a living and stop producing it.
There was a bike shop near me that people used as a showroom for online purchases. Now we don’t have a bike repair shop nearby anymore.
I hate ads too, but you’re going to have to pay for the content somehow.
But this logic is flawed. Suffering through an ad does not "pay for" anything. The only way you can pay for content via advertising is to buy a product or service you wouldn't have bought otherwise (and probably don't need), or to buy product A instead of product B (when product A might in fact be better). Advertising means (1) psychological manipulation and (2) mindless consumption with all its attendant negative externalities. This is what pays for content in the advertising business model. Hence the aversion so many have to it. Hence why invocations of morality in its defense always fall flat.
Advertising itself does not pay for anything.
My point though is that it’s not completely without consequence.
The person you are replying to said they already pay videographers in an other way: Nebula.
If your first statement is true then your second statement is false.
I wish that nobody ever had to experience financial hardship, but that wish isn’t a commitment from me to financially support their profession.
And the regular ads can get fucked until the platforms manage to keep the scams out.
I think there's too much chasing big success. People see giant creators who made millions and so chase every potential growth opportunity or monetization technique, a lot of them could probably settle into a stable one person operation making good enough money.
So is having to give money to every person you watch on youtube, and not everyone can afford it.
So maybe the issue aren't the few tech guys blocking those ads but greedy investors wanting more and MORE.
Such tools are a direct result of this greed.